Interfaith environmental group honors All Peoples Church

All Peoples Lutheran Church in Milwaukee and a Catholic order of sisters from Green Bay will be honored this weekend as part of Wisconsin Interfaith Power & Light's annual conference at Central United Methodist Church, from 2-5:30 p.m. Sunday 639 N. 25th St.

All Peoples won a "Cool Congregations Challenge" award from the group's national organization for its urban greenhouse project, and the Sisters of St. Francis of the Holy Cross were runners-up for their plans to install one of the state's largest solar energy systems on their grounds.

The 15th annual conference will address "Climate Stewardship: Sustainability, Eco-Justice and Well-Being." Cost is $15. The keynote speaker will be scientist, writer and conservationist Calvin B. DeWitt. Professor Emeritus of Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, DeWitt is co-founder of the national Evangelical Environmental Network, and Director emeritus of the Au Sable Institute. He serves as president of the Academy of Evangelical Scientists and Ethicists, an organization dedicated to responsible stewardship of creation.

Before the conference, at 2 p.m. Saturday, organizers will show the film "Chasing Ice" at the church.

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